In the video Inclusion in the 21st-century classroom: Differentiating with Technology, Bobby Hobgood and Lauren Ormsby explain how technology is almost coming transparent to students. In this particular classroom, students can create their own avatar and go on quests, once they complete the quest they have to write a short reflection on it. Students explain that this is a fun and academic way to learn.
In this blog post, Steph gives many great ideas on how to use cartoon avatars in the classroom and includes many sites where students and teachers can go to to make their personalized avatar. She explains that avatars a great way for students to explain things about themselves or to show their understanding of other people. A great example for social studies would be for students to make a avatar for a famous person in history.
Image from Google - Labeled for noncommercial reuse with modification Image from Google - Labeled for noncommercial reuse ClipArt Image My Own Photo (of Florence Italy): Reflection: These tools would be great for students to use when creating different projects. Images are extremely important for visual learners and they can really enhance the feel of the project, especially in social studies. Students should know how to correctly take images from the internet and give credit in their projects. Making posters on Google draw can also be a helpful tool for students to display their knowledge of the content by creating a poster. By creating avatars, students can show their understanding of famous people in history or they can create an avatar that shows something about themselves.
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/every-learner/6776
In the video Inclusion in the 21st-century classroom: Differentiating with Technology, Bobby Hobgood and Lauren Ormsby explain how technology is almost coming transparent to students. In this particular classroom, students can create their own avatar and go on quests, once they complete the quest they have to write a short reflection on it. Students explain that this is a fun and academic way to learn.
http://digitaltoolsforteachers.blogspot.com/2009/08/using-cartoon-avatars-in-classroom.html
In this blog post, Steph gives many great ideas on how to use cartoon avatars in the classroom and includes many sites where students and teachers can go to to make their personalized avatar. She explains that avatars a great way for students to explain things about themselves or to show their understanding of other people. A great example for social studies would be for students to make a avatar for a famous person in history.
Fotobabble: sound and picture may not show up but they are there! (no sound)
http://www.fotobabble.com/m/RUY1cDYvOENNSms9
8 Photos:
From the Getty Collection
From BadgerLink Newspaper Archives
This image has a Creative Commons attribute and is located in Flickr
Image from Google - Reuse with Modification
Image from Google - Labeled for Reuse
"Lauren Mitchell, 41st AG World Championship, 2009 (full tone blur)" by Steven Rasmussen. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Commons.
Image from Google - Labeled for noncommercial reuse with modification
Image from Google - Labeled for noncommercial reuse
ClipArt Image
My Own Photo (of Florence Italy):
Reflection:
These tools would be great for students to use when creating different projects. Images are extremely important for visual learners and they can really enhance the feel of the project, especially in social studies. Students should know how to correctly take images from the internet and give credit in their projects. Making posters on Google draw can also be a helpful tool for students to display their knowledge of the content by creating a poster. By creating avatars, students can show their understanding of famous people in history or they can create an avatar that shows something about themselves.